Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Brian noticed his kitchen floor was slanted for the first time. He was worried about the damage this could cause, so he called Ayers to learn about our foundation solutions. Our professionals visited his home to evaluate and recommended installing the SmartJacks supplemental support system. SmartJacks are hot-dipped in galvanized steel and zinc plated, making them far sturdier than store-bought floor jacks. As the house moves and shifts, the jacks can be adjusted as well.  Brian loves the longevity of his new system!

One of Robert and Katheryn’s walls was leaning against their water heater. They were worried about their water heater and their bowing wall, so they called our team. We installed PowerBrace, a foundation repair system created to secure basement walls in place and overtime it will straighten them. Often outside pressures can cause your basement walls to crack or tilt, this foundation repair system counteracts these pressures by keeping your basement walls in place. Over time, the system can be tightened to not only secure the walls in place, but to also straighten them.

This Branch Township, MI cabin had taken a beating from the outside soil. Horizontal cracks were running the length of the basement walls, a common sign of bowing. The owners had contacted several different companies looking for a solution. After being told that the foundation was collapsing and the only solution would be to tear it down and rebuild, they began to lose hope. But that was before they talked to us.

Bowing Walls can mean the end of your home’s structural integrity. Whoever told the owners that the foundation was collapsing was correct, the walls wouldn’t be able to stand the pressure much longer. What that contractor didn’t know is that the Ayers crew could fix the cabin’s bowing walls without removing a single log. The secret is our Geo-Lock Wall Anchor System. The crew excavated the soil next to the home and inserted anchors into hard-packed soil further away from the foundation. Once the anchors were in place, the crew connected steel rods between the anchor and interior wall plates (seen in the after photo) in the basement. After the installation was complete, any inward bowing of the walls was permanently stopped. The system can even be tightened to bring these walls back to their original position. The installation may have taken a few days, but we’re sure that time felt like nothing compared to rebuilding the cabin.

Debra's support posts have started to corrode and some have slipped out from under the beam. With this happening, the support posts are not being supportive and her floors are starting to sag. We installed SmartJacks so her home could be safe and stabilized! These steel support posts not only keep the floor from sagging even more but they also lift the floors back up to the correct level. 

Tilting, bowing, or buckling foundation walls don't stand a chance with our patented PowerBrace foundation wall repair system -- it's a good thing, too, because this family in Grandville, MI desperately needed some foundation support. The PowerBrace system is made of steel I-beams that attach to the joists above your basement wall, stabilizing your foundation. With PowerBrace, this family can now be safe in their basement and, more importantly, their house.